The Rhino Controversy

In 1982, The Rutles were involved in a record scandal reminiscent of
the one surrounding the Beatles Yesterday and Today
album. Rhino Records, at the time a small Los Angeles label
specializing in off-beat releases, put out an album called
Beatlesongs, purportedly a collection of Beatles novelty
songs (it was actually a weird catch-all of assorted Beatles-related
tunes).

For the collection, Rhino licensed The Rutles' "Hold My
Hand" from Warner Bros Records. The cover of the album was done
by well-known commercial artist William Stout (who had made a name
for himself drawing the cover artwork for some of the best-looking
Beatles bootleg records in the seventies). His cover drawing (top)
included a representation of the man who killed John Lennon, which
generated an immense backlash. Rhino responded by recalling the
album and reissuing it with a new, innocuous cover (bottom), which
they announced in this press release.

The original cover seems to be the most common--I've rarely seen
copies of this LP with the replacement cover.